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The speaker thinks human behavior reflects both instincts shaped by evolution and general-purpose planning machinery.
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“I think much like humans.”
“I think there's a combination of both instincts from evolution,”
“like you just like hanging out with beautiful high status people or whatever,”
“and also planning machinery.”Play from 57:35Report a misattribution
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